Torres wants new signings

Liverpool striker Fernando Torres has pleaded with the club's owners to buy new players.

PUBLISHED: 08:31, Fri, Jan 15, 2010

Fernando Torres [PA]

Liverpool are out of the Champions League and the FA Cup and effectively out of the Barclays Premier League title race to leave them with just the Europa League trophy to chase and Torres wants the club's American co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett to back manager Rafael Benitez.

He told Four-Four-Two magazine: "If we want to compete with (Manchester) United and Chelsea we need a much, much more complete squad. We need more genuinely first-class players and we can't let our best players leave."

He added: "It's frustrating. We finished second last season. This season should have been a turning point for us - a chance to do something great.

"Manchester United sold Carlos Tevez and Cristiano Ronaldo, while Chelsea didn't sign anyone. But it hasn't been. It's now the owners' turn. They have to sign players so that this does not happen again.

Torres, currently out with a knee injury, added: "We didn't want to win the Europa League at the start of the season but it's a reality now.

"Now we have to win it. Anything less than winning the tournament would be terrible. We need to improve, we need to take responsibility and we need to get into the top four and win something.

"We have virtually no chance of winning the title now. Now we need to make the best of this situation."

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